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Show WedThurs/FrL March 28- 30, 2007 C-9 Jhe Park Record Adventure photographer gains fame his father, creativity runs strong magazine and Urban Climber in other family members. His sis- magazine. His work has already caught ter, Penelope, 22, is studying to FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. <AP) be a photojournalist and his the attention of an international Kyle George slithers on his belly mother, Liz, is a classical organ- audience. over rocks on a ledge high above ist. In November 2006, he took the turbulent Colorado River. His training includes taking second place in the amateur catHe is wearing shorts, sun gear, a classes at the photo department egory in the World in Focus concowboy shirt and flip-flop san- at Northern Arizona University, test, sponsored by National dals and has a backpack full of working as a river guide for eight Geographic Traveler magazine. cameras and equipment. His. years and .assisting local com- In February, he took a merit goal: Capture an action photo of mercial photographers John and prrze in the professional categoa boat shooting the rapids below. Raechel Running and Dawn ry in the World in Focus contest, Six years into his fledgling career Kish. sponsored by Photo District as an adventure photographer, Local photographer David News. George has kept busy as he Edwards, who has achieved "It's one contest, with two snapped images of daredevil international renown, has known halves put together," he said. "I rock climbers, race car drivers, George since he was a child. don't make enough money to kayakers and surfers. "I've watched him grow up, qualify as a professional. I'm "I try not to put myself at risk, and I've liked what I saw; he's wedged between amateur and but it depends on whose inter- turned out well," Edwards said. professional. I'm kind of a semipretation of risk you're using," "His perceptions are open and pro, I guess." he said. "You definitely kind of clear. He has a clear way forward Billed as "the ultimate travel climb into weird places, high with his creativity, unlike so photography contest," the World places, exposed places. many of us who are carrying a lot in Focus contest is a search for "Shooting in the canyon, you of baggage." the most unique and unseen can get up on the higher ledges As his portfolio amply images from photographers from or over places that have big demonstrates, his favorite sub- around the world. drops. Or rock climbing, a lot of ject is people. George entered the same time you're hanging off ropes or "I like taking portraits, envi- image in both contests, a dramatscrambling on ledges or boulders ronmental portraits," George ic shot of Anasazi ruins shot in to get the best shot, trying to gel said. "I shoot outdoors. It's pret- February 2005. up high to make a better pic- ty rare for me to hang out in the "It's a picture of Nankoweap ture." studio. I would much rather granaries down in the Grand George, 27. was born in shoot outside. I like representing Canyon," he said. "It's a photo Jackson Hole, Wyo., but haspeople in their environments." that been taken a million times. I lived in Flagstaff since he was 9. Some of his clients include just did it at night with the moon He is the son of Ed George, a Osprcy packs, Patagonia cloth- and flash." local filmmaker. In addition to ing. Men's Journal, Climbing Like many other Flagstaff By BETSEY BRUNER MediaNews Group Wire Service ASK YOUR REALTOR TO SHOW YOU T H I S PROPERTY photographers, George has found this mountain town a fertile ground for creative inspiration. As part of the Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival, several of his photographs were on exhibit at Photography on the Square. George uses a variety of photographic formats: 35mm digital (Nikon), medium format (Hasselblad) and large format (Crown Graphic press camera). Today, about 70 percent of his New Construction 2000 shots are digital, but he still shoots some film, scanning nega6600 sq.ft. living space A 2200 sq.ft in garage tives and using Photoshop to cre8 Bedrooms 9.5 Baths-most with double Jacuzzi tubs ate the sepia-toned images he 2 Full Kitchens favors. The World in Focus contest Elevator to all floors award earned him two tickets to 8 Car Garage w/ storage A 2 additional off street spaces Vietnam for a one-week, all2 Fireplaces 13 A/C units A zoned radiant heat expenses-paid vacation. George is not sure when he Furnishings included except personal pieces can use his tickets. He and his Walk to Park City Mountain Resort (1.5 blocks) & Main Street fiancee, Carrie Cooper, 28, have a baby to consider - their 41469 Woodside Avenue month-old daughter, Ava. The contest win was unexpected. www.woodsideinn.com more info- 435-649-3494 "It was a surprise for sure," $ 2.9 Million (psf $439.00) Brokers Welcome George said. "You enter and nine months later, I'd pretty much forgotten about it. You're hoping to win because it gets you publicity, but you don't really expect to win. It was nice little surprise. I definitely wish we could have won the trip last year, though." Bibliophiles find ways to part with books of their apartment building. the Massachusetts Institute of • Continued from C-8 Others abandon them on park Technology. She suggested prison founder and manager of Lorem benches, in airports or in coffee Ipsum Books, a used bookstore shops. Others swap with other libraries, nursing homes, hospitals and organizations that ship in Cambridge, Mass. "The other book lovers online. At Bookcrossing.com, you books to the developing world. half are genuinely happy to get can register your favorite books Tobin works with scholars and them back in circulation." Bear in mind that secondhand and then "release" them into the serious collectors whose books dealers only want books in good world, tracking their progress as and research materials are condition, which generally others find them and log onto sought by research libraries. But very few people are likely to means no texts that have been the site. If you do decide to haul your have such collections. underlined, highlighted, annoloot to a library or thrift shop, be Far greater numbers simply tated or damaged. An alternative to selling the prepared for the distinct possi- want to know whether anyone is books you no longer want is to bility that some of them will end interested in their 2003 National Geographic collection, their give them to a library or charity- up in the trash. "Please don't bring us your summer reading for the past six based thrift shop where, if the dona.ion is large enough, you mildewed, smelly books," said years or their old textbooks. might be able to claim a tax Leslie Burger, president of the The answer is yes - and no. American Library Association deduction. Current-edition textbooks But your donation is of no and director of the Princeton and specialized nonfiction such ! jnefit at tax time unless you Public Library, which raises as a field guide to mushrooms itemize your deductions, and $40,000 a year reselling books will likely sell online at Better most people don't. If you do, donated by residents in the World Books, an Internet-based keep good records of what you book-loving town in New Jersey. bookseller whose 2-million-book ^'"giye away. "If it's something you don't inventory in a warehouse in f.^«s,*tThe.<uore-.you claim in value, want to read, chances are no one Indiana is comprised of donathe greater the documentation else wants to read it either. It's tions from college book drives, public libraries and thrift shops. OK to throw away a book." that's required. Some people find the idea of But founder Xavier Helgesen If you care about neither the resale value nor the deduction, destroying a book unthinkable. notes there's little commercial then your options for giving are If you're one of them, then look value in such things as encyclolimited only by your imagina- around you and "give them to pedias, which become outdated places where they'll be used," quickly and are available online; tion. Some people simply leave said Theresa Tobin, head librari- condensed editions; and besttheir treasures in the basement an.of the humanities library at sellers like "Jurassic Park." because there are so many copies of the Michael Crichton novel in print. What doesn't sell online might still be useful to institutions in poor countries, particularly textbooks published in the last 10 years. So in partnership with nonprofit literacy programs, Better World Books will ship sea containers of used books overseas. Even so, up to 20 percent of the cast-off books they receive end up being pulped and turned into cardboard. Once you do decide to pare down your belongings, book dealers suggest you go through your volumes and remove any personal items that may have been stashed between the pages. Theriault has boxes of memorabilia that she's discovered in books left at her Cambridge store - from bookmarks and subway passes to photographs and even a sonogram of a baby. 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